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| − | '''James F Shew & Company''' were a camera manufacturer based in London, England, reportedly working from c.1849 until c.1920<ref>[http://www.antiquewoodcameras.com/shew-xit. | + | |image_source= http://www.flickr.com/photos/90900361@N08/15492447417/in/pool-camerawiki/ |
| + | |image= http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3955/15492447417_dc9336eefb_n.jpg | ||
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| + | |image_text= 1899 company image | ||
| + | |image_by= Geoff Harrisson | ||
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| + | '''James F Shew & Company''' were a camera manufacturer based in London, England, reportedly working from c.1849 until c.1920<ref>[http://www.antiquewoodcameras.com/shew-xit.html Rob Niederman's page]</ref>. The address most seen in advertisements was 88 Newman Street (off Oxford Street), others are listed at ''Early Photograhy''.<ref>[http://www.earlyphotography.co.uk/site/companies4.html#S Shew Company details]</ref> | ||
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| + | |image_source= http://www.flickr.com/photos/90900361@N08/8293418312/in/pool-camerawiki/ | ||
| + | |image= http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8219/8293418312_2d9045fd2f_n.jpg | ||
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| + | |image_text= Shew ½-plate tailboard camera <br>with Shew "Eclipse" shutter | ||
| + | |image_by= Geoff Harrisson | ||
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| + | |image_text= Aluminium Xit ¼-plate <br>with f/6.8 Syntor in Goerz diaphragm shutter. | ||
| + | |image_by= Geoff Harrisson | ||
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=== Cameras === | === Cameras === | ||
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* Day Xit c.1910 | * Day Xit c.1910 | ||
* Detectivkamera | * Detectivkamera | ||
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* Fieldcamera Stereo | * Fieldcamera Stereo | ||
* Five Guinea Xit c.1904 | * Five Guinea Xit c.1904 | ||
| + | * Focal Plane Xit 1905 | ||
* Guinea Xit c.1906 | * Guinea Xit c.1906 | ||
* Hand Universal Camera | * Hand Universal Camera | ||
| + | * Pocket Xit | ||
* Press Reflector A abd B | * Press Reflector A abd B | ||
* Reflector Reflex | * Reflector Reflex | ||
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* Two Guinea Xit c. 1904 | * Two Guinea Xit c. 1904 | ||
* Wideangle camera, c.1893 | * Wideangle camera, c.1893 | ||
| − | * Xit (wooden) | + | * [[Xit|Xit(wooden)]] |
| − | * Xit (aluminium) c.1900 | + | * [[Xit|Xit (aluminium) c.1900]] |
* Xit Stereoscopic | * Xit Stereoscopic | ||
| − | + | == Sources == | |
<references /> | <references /> | ||
* {{McKeown}}, pp.889-890 | * {{McKeown}}, pp.889-890 | ||
* [http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=iN6384Z4v4IC&lpg=PA65&ots=YIE2zuPClB&pg=PA66&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=Xit&f=false Price List of General Photographic Apparatus and Materials] from [[Kodak Ltd.]], reprint on Google Books | * [http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=iN6384Z4v4IC&lpg=PA65&ots=YIE2zuPClB&pg=PA66&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=Xit&f=false Price List of General Photographic Apparatus and Materials] from [[Kodak Ltd.]], reprint on Google Books | ||
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* [http://www.powerhousemuseum.com/collection/database/?irn=243806 Shew camera, c.1902] at the [http://www.powerhousemuseum.com/ Powerhouse Museum], Sydney, Australia | * [http://www.powerhousemuseum.com/collection/database/?irn=243806 Shew camera, c.1902] at the [http://www.powerhousemuseum.com/ Powerhouse Museum], Sydney, Australia | ||
| − | * [http:// | + | * [http://historiccamera.com/cgi-bin/librarium2/pm.cgi?action=app_display&app=datasheet&app_id=789& Shew camera listing] at the [http://www.Historiccamera.com/ Historic Camera] |
* Photos at Collectiblend.com: | * Photos at Collectiblend.com: | ||
Latest revision as of 06:12, 17 May 2021
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| 1899 company image image by Geoff Harrisson (Image rights) |
James F Shew & Company were a camera manufacturer based in London, England, reportedly working from c.1849 until c.1920[1]. The address most seen in advertisements was 88 Newman Street (off Oxford Street), others are listed at Early Photograhy.[2]
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| Shew ½-plate tailboard camera with Shew "Eclipse" shutter image by Geoff Harrisson (Image rights) |
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| Aluminium Xit ¼-plate with f/6.8 Syntor in Goerz diaphragm shutter. image by Geoff Harrisson (Image rights) |
Cameras
| British companies | ||
| Adams & Co. | Agilux | Aldis | APeM | Aptus | Artima | Barnet Ensign | Beard | Beck | Benetfink | Billcliff | Boots | British Ferrotype | Butcher | Chapman | Cooke | Corfield | Coronet | Dallmeyer | Dekko | De Vere | Dixons | Dollond | Elliott | Gandolfi | Gnome | Griffiths | G. Hare | Houghtons | Houghton-Butcher | Hunter | Ilford | Jackson | Johnson | Kentmere | Kershaw-Soho | Kodak Ltd. | Lancaster | Lejeune and Perken | Lizars | London & Paris Optic & Clock Company | Marion | Marlow | Meagher | MPP | Neville | Newman & Guardia | Pearson and Denham | Perken, Son and Company | Perken, Son & Rayment | Photopia | Purma | Reid & Sigrist | Reynolds and Branson | Ross | Ross Ensign | Sanderson | Sands & Hunter | Shackman | Shew | Soho | Standard Cameras Ltd | Taylor-Hobson | Thornton-Pickard | Underwood | United | Watkins | Watson | Wynne's Infallible | Wray |
- Day Xit c.1910
- Detectivkamera
- Eclipse c.1890
- Eclipse Focal Plane
- Eclipse Pocket
- Euxit Vest Pocket
- Featherweight Camera, c.1898
- Fieldcamera Stereo
- Five Guinea Xit c.1904
- Focal Plane Xit 1905
- Guinea Xit c.1906
- Hand Universal Camera
- Pocket Xit
- Press Reflector A abd B
- Reflector Reflex
- Shewgraphe Patent
- Stereo Field Camera c.1900
- Tailboard Camera c.1900
- Tailboard Camera Stereo
- Two Guinea Xit c. 1904
- Wideangle camera, c.1893
- Xit(wooden)
- Xit (aluminium) c.1900
- Xit Stereoscopic
Sources
- McKeown, pp.889-890
- Price List of General Photographic Apparatus and Materials from Kodak Ltd., reprint on Google Books
Links
- Shew camera, c.1902 at the Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, Australia
- Shew camera listing at the Historic Camera
- Photos at Collectiblend.com:
